We are pleased to announce that Gerda has been appointed to the Environmental Protection Authority Board. The new board members, along with the new chairperson and deputy were announced earlier this week by Associate Environment Minister Eugenie Sage

The EPA board is responsible for the EPA’s governance. The EPA makes decisions for and regulates hazardous substances and new organisms as well as specified marine activities in New Zealand’s Exclusive Economic Zone. It also provides administrative support for the decision-making on major infrastructure and called in projects under the Resource Management Act and operates the New Zealand Emissions Trading Register under the Emissions Trading Scheme.